Ethics Registration and Approval Form - McLaren Tech Group

This document presents a completed ethics registration and approval form submitted as part of a student project in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, specifically for the MSC Computing and IT with Advanced Practice program. The project, focusing on business intelligence and data mining in the technology sector with a case study on McLaren Technology Group, addresses various ethical considerations. These include the involvement of human participants, the collection of commercially, personally, and politically sensitive information. The form details the researcher's commitment to ethical guidelines, including obtaining informed consent and ensuring data security. The approval section, completed by the supervisor and second marker, grants ethical approval with specific conditions, such as providing information to participants, obtaining consent, and adhering to data protection guidelines. The project is categorized as an 'amber' project, indicating the need for specific ethical considerations to be addressed and followed.

Department of Computer and Information Sciences
STUDENT PROJECT: ETHICS REGISTRATION AND APPROVAL FORM
Section One: Registration [To be completed by student]
Title of project reasearch proposal
Researcher’s name
Programme of study
MSC COMPUTING AND IT WITH ADVAANCE
PRACTICE
Academic Year
2017-2018
Module code LD7028
Supervisor’s name
Second Marker’s name
Start date of project JUNE 2017
Short description of project, including research methods and selection of any participants:
In the present report, the major aim of the researcher is to analysis importance of business
intelligence and data mining in technology sector-a case study on McLaren Technology Group. In
order to address the objective of the study, scholar will use various methods of the research
methodology. Within the selected enterprise, qualitative research has been used that carries to
identify more subjective results. It also understands individual experience phenomena for positive
results in businesses.

Ethical considerations in the research project YES NO
1. Does your research involve an external organisation or partner e.g. NHS,
School etc.
yes
2. Does your research involve human participants? yes
3. If yes to Q.2, will you inform the participants about the research yes
4. Will you obtain their consent using the standard consent form? No
5. Is any deception involved? No
6. Do any participants constitute a ‘vulnerable group’ (see definition of Vulnerable
People)
No
7. Will the research involve the following information?
Commercially sensitive
Personally sensitive
Politically sensitive
Yes
yes
yes
8. Is the research likely to cause any significant environmental impacts? No
9. Are there likely to be any risks for you or for the participants in your research? No
10. If yes [to 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 above] have you identified steps to address the
issues?
Yes
Statement by researcher
In order to overcome the risk in the investigation, scholar will use all ethical consideration. In order to
collect the information about the topic, scholar has used primary data collection method under which
primary data can collection from survey. With help of primary data collection method, scholar can
obtain an appropriate solution of the study.
I have read the University and the Faculty Ethics Policy and Procedures and confirm that the
answers I have given above are correct. Where issues arise under items 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 [above] I
have described in writing how I intend to approach these issues in the research.
HIMANSHI BRAHMBHATT
Researcher’s signature

Date 13/08/2017

Section Two: Approval
[The form is reviewed by the supervisor and second marker. Approval maybe given by either for
green projects; amber projects must be approved by the second marker. Red projects must be
referred to the Faculty Research Ethics Committee.]
Red: Vulnerable participants, sensitive data, risks to participants or researchers, NHS, etc.
Amber: Human participants, environmental issues, commercially sensitive information, etc.
Green: No participants involved, no sensitive data, etc.
For full definitions see section on Risk Categories in the Engineering and Environment Ethics
Procedures.
Ethical approval
[Please tick as appropriate]
Green - Ethical approval is given without conditions Ye
s
Amber - Ethical approval is given with the following conditions
 Information to be provided to all participants
 Participant consent to be obtained using the standard Research Participant Consent
Form or otherwise in accordance with Faculty procedures
 Data to be stored and destroyed securely in accordance with University guidelines
 Adherence to Data Protection Act
 Anonymity to be provided to participants
 Commercial confidentiality to be provided to organisations(s)
 Other (please state):
Ye
s
ye
s
ye
s
Ye
s
Ye
s
Ye
s
ye
s
Red - Project is referred to FREC for approval
Name of Approver ……………………………………….
Signature ……………………………………….
Date ……………………………………….
Outcome of FREC referral – Decision, minute and date of meeting, or signatures of two
signatories, one of whom is a member of FREC.